Meditation is not just a passing fad like hula hoops and pet rocks. It’s here to stay and with good reason. Over the last twenty years, meditation has gone…
Every emotion you feel can be mapped to measurable biological activity in your brain — especially in the limbic system and prefrontal cortex. Over time, your repetitive emotional…
With anxiety recently surpassing depression as the top mental health condition, a lot of people are looking for ways to calm their brains and bodies – and fast.…
Emotions feel uncontrollable, like automatic – oftentimes overwhelming – reactions of our brains and bodies to the happenings in our worlds and the thoughts whizzing around in our…
Each time you smile, a little party happens in your head. Seriously. Science has shown that smiling increases your health and happiness on the spot and long-term -…
It’s been a rough couple of weeks. In the past two weeks, my website was down for days. I had to buy a new computer. I unknowingly spent…
Who doesn’t love a good laugh? We all do and for good reason. There aren’t too many other things that you can do that feel good and are…
Worrying has become the norm these days. We worry about paying the bills. We nervously read up on and monitor our health. If that wasn’t enough, then we…
For my first three decades on this Earth, life went pretty much according to plan. As I achieved major milestones, I smugly checked things off the “how-life-should-be” list in…
Memories are powerful. Far from being the passive remnants of our history, our memories actively shape our experiences, our relationships and our life stories that we are yet…
Not all good moods are good for you. Seriously. There are actually circumstances under which happiness can be unhealthy. Similarly, bad moods aren’t all bad. Being a grump…